You know it's going to be a long day when...

Misslady113 · Mar 11, 2010

.... The hoyer lift stop working in mid lift with the resident in it and the replacment battery is not charged and no one knows how to work it manually.

..... you've been assigned to the obese resident who was constipated and just given a laxative a few hours ago.:hdvwl:

.... The DON is on the floor and you know the state is coming sometime this week.:chair:

..... Its census time, so three people called out, and their not calling anyone to replace.

.....It's shower day for the "prince\princess" resident.

...... You've been assigned to the resident who loves to take off the diaper and spread their wonders.

..... Resident is switching rooms. Time to empty out their closet.

..... Mr. Hoyer lift resident has just pooped his pants and need to be put back in bed and wants to get back out after. :uhoh3:

.... Wow Mrs. "resident who loves to take off the diaper", is this the fourth time I have to clean you up and change your sheets!!!??? :devil:

eveningsky339, LPN · Mar 11, 2010

.... The hoyer lift stop working in mid lift with the resident in it and the replacment battery is not charged and no one knows how to work it manually.

This happened to me just yesterday...

fuzzywuzzy, CNA · Mar 13, 2010

When that crappy stethoscope with the HUGE bell seems to follow you everywhere! I hate that thing!

rosey2007cna · Mar 13, 2010

A resident who has to go to the bathroom every 15 minutes(not kidding) and then wants off the toilets 2 minutes after putting the resident on.

How about those residents in those pantie liners that wet themselves at least twice a shift so you have to put clean pants and underwear on them. You ask the nurse if the resident could be put into a brief or pull up and she says not because it is a dignity issue. It is okay that the resident can urinate in her wheelchair and have soaked pants because that gives them dignity. What these places will do for money is just crazy.

One of my other pet peeve is getting someone out of bed who is on comfort care to take them to the dinning room for their meals. Some of these residents are like wet noodles and it just does not make since to me.

At the last place that I worked we only had two pink under pads in the linen closet for our whole floor to use. We even had to hide those when we needed them for a super soaker resident.

Nurses that do not make sure the residents takes all of there medication and when I go to check on them they are still in the residents mouth or all over the bed and floor.

I hate having other staff members (non nursing or CNA's) and telling me someone needs a box of tissue or that they need some toilet paper.

The old place I worked also did not believe in CNA's giving report so sometimes you do not know what is going on and have to see who is where.

Sorry I guess I am really glad that I do not deal with that anymore being unemployed and I sure hope to get back into home health care where you can actually do a good job lol.

JDZ344 · Mar 13, 2010

The smoke break thing chaps me- I don't care if people want to go for a smoke, but for gods sake, they should first of all ensure that their work is done.

Poi Dog · Mar 14, 2010

The 2 smokers that worked the floor with me today took a 30 minute break. My partner and I worked our butts off trying to answer all the lights of our residents + theirs. I am ALL about teamwork but when folk like that take advantage, then I say "screw them".

eveningsky339, LPN · Mar 15, 2010

The 2 smokers that worked the floor with me today took a 30 minute break. My partner and I worked our butts off trying to answer all the lights of our residents + theirs. I am ALL about teamwork but when folk like that take advantage, then I say "screw them".

I personally feel that staff should not be allowed to smoke at all for this very reason. Seriously, slap a nicotine patch on if you have to, but don't let residents suffer because you want you can't live without your cancer-weeds.

JDZ344 · Mar 16, 2010

The smokers where I work have to take their smoke breaks as part of their allocated breaks. MAYBE if its quiet, then we will ALL be told to go take 10 minutes to have a drink/do what we like, which is fair. Smokers should not get extra breaks, it is not fair, their habit is their CHOICE.

Poi Dog · Mar 16, 2010

It's going to be a long when a resident somehow is able to undo her attends, scoop out the poop, rub in all over her bed and on her hair :yeah:

Oh yeah...Go me! :smokin:

TampaTech · Mar 17, 2010

This is how I see, as a smoler myself. I take two smoke breaks in one 12 hour shift plus a 30 min lunch break. But the smoke breaks I take are apart of my two 15 min breaks. But I do agree with you all the some people abuse the privlage, I however do not think that I abuse it.

eveningsky339, LPN · Mar 17, 2010

This is how I see, as a smoler myself. I take two smoke breaks in one 12 hour shift plus a 30 min lunch break. But the smoke breaks I take are apart of my two 15 min breaks. But I do agree with you all the some people abuse the privlage, I however do not think that I abuse it.

I do have co-workers who smoke as part of their allocated breaks as well. I don't have any issue with that, but I do have an issue with the smokers who get "extra" breaks because of their bad habit.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand...

...when the person assigned to calculate meal intake for the entire floor didn't do it.

...when you roll a resident over to change his brief, and then he decides to have a projectile BM. Yes, this did happen to me, and miraculously, none of it got on my face. Complete bed change, though.

...when the mandatory "needy/demanding/crabby" resident on every floor gets sick. *shudders*

...fingerpainting. Right before dinner.

...when you find a wandering resident on the floor because day shift forgot to turn the bed alarm back on.